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The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-09-02

THE girl who calls out swhat do yer soy.
has taken possession Of the entire west end
Of Coney Island
The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-09-02

Five young ladies received he
baccalaurats degree from tho Harvard
annex this year.
The location Of . Congregational
college at Fargo Il assured A 10000
building will be erected.
The African Methodist Episcopal
church proposes TO celebrate the cen.
tenary Of IL organization in November.
Two Of the richest Episcopal
churches in New York. Grace and
Trinity. have determined TO make their
pews free to the public
Pope Leo Kill is about 70 found an
International college for literature. In
which the Italian poets and authors
will be studied in an especial manner.
What discord should we bring to
the universe il our prayers were all
answered. Then we should govern
the world. and not God. And do you
think we should govern It bctter?-
Longfsiio,c.
In Heaven there will be no tears
II Il fearless. because Il is sorrowless,
because il is sinless; II Is sinless. be-
cause it Is tho dwelling place Of the
holy Lord God and Of the 'tpirits Of
Just men made perfect"
OF the 276 Lutheran churches built
in 1886. l52 were German. 81 English.
81 Swedish. p Norwegian. Danish.
Besides these there were Slayonian.
Finnish. Icelandic. and Bohemian Luth-
eran houses Of worship.
Thou must content thyself 10 see
the world so imperfect as it is. Thou
wilt never have any quiet il thou vex-
est thysclf. because thou canst not
bring mankind to that exact notion Of
things and rule Of life which thou hast
formed in thy own mind. Fuller.
The Lutheran church complains Of
lack in the ministerial supply. The
new ministers are hardly numerous
enough to fill the places vacated by
death. supcrannuation and otherwise.
The demands are very pressing just
now. as immigration is very large.
The Covenanters memorial was
inauguratcd at Muirkirk. Scotland.
lately. 1t is Of polished granite IN the
form Of an obelisk. The names in
scribcd on the memorial include those
of Richard Cameron. John Smith. Will
lam Adam. and John Brown. Of Priest
hill L- United Presbyterian
The university Of Kings College
Windsor. Nova Scotia, j. the oldest q
ali the British North American col
legcx The royal charter under which
il was founded in 1888 explicitly pro
vides that its academical habits shal
be the same rs those Of the universit,
Of Oxford. And its enccnia is con
Quoted every year with all the POM
and circumstance Of an Oxford en-
cenia- Rev. DIR. Isaac Brock. Oxon.
: the president
-Patience.-
DO mot hurry.
Do not worry.
A. this world sou travel through
No regrcttng.
Fuming fretting.
Ever can advantage you.
BE content with what you've won
What on earth you leave undone
There arc plenty left 70 do.
The san Diego School Of Letters
20 be established on the north side Q
Tulare bay. four miles north Of Sa
Diego. CAL. where contract IN
been made for site for $4,000. tn
contractors agree to build . waite
system. and guarantee that the moto
road. now building from San Diego :
Oldtown. shall be extended to the co
lege tract The college will begi
with an endowment Of $500. 900. an
Rev. 4 5. Sprecher, president Q
the wurtemburg college. Springfield
O.. will take charge Of IL
The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-09-02

.How Il busineesyr asked one convict Q!
another ..N We are driven 10 death repneo
~. cther ,sho was en- route 5-u che galiowa
The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-09-02

a fun business coarss. : Normal -.
manship coursa, 0horthand and Type
Writing III taught " cGlcient tcachers
Catalogue and flh par}zculars sent free.
Address. D. J. UUeeElnAH, a. -, frin-
Gem City Business College, Quincy, III
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
A TERRIBLE CHAMBER.
The Torture Room of the Paris Concier-
gerie Described by Victor Hugo.

The Torture Room of the Paris Concier-
gerie Described by Victor Hugo.
This chamber occupies the ground floor
OF the circulated tower, the smallest of the
three round towers on the quay. In the
centre was an ominous and singular-looking
object. 1t was a sort of long and narrow
table of Eas-stone joined with molten lead
poured into the crevices, very heavy and
supported on three stone legs. This table
was about two and a-half feet high, eight
feet long and twenty inches wide. On look
ing up saw great rusty iron hook fast
ened in the round stone which forms the
keystone Of the arch. This object is the
rack. A feather covering used to be
put over it upon which the vic
tim was stretched. Ravaillac remained
for six weeks upon this table, with his feet
and hands tied, bound at the waist by
strap attached to long chain hanging from
the ceiling. The last ring Of this chain was
slipped on to the hook, which l still saw
fixed above my head. Six gentlemen guards
and six guards of the provost department
watched him night and day. Damiens was
guarded like Ravaillac in this chamber, and
tied down upon this table during the whole
time occupied by the inquiry and the trial of
his case. Desrues and Cartouche were tor
tured upon it. The Marchioness de Brin-
villiers was stretched upon it stark naked,
fastened down, and, SO to speak, quartered
by four chains attached to the four limbs
and there suffered the fnghtful 'extraordi-
nary torture by water which caused her to
ask: How are you going to continue to put
that great barrel of water in this little body?
"a whole dark history is there, having
filtered, SO to speak, drop by drop into the
pores of these stones, these walls, this vault
this bench this table, this pavement, this
door. There it all is +; it has never quilted
the place. 1t has been shut up there; it has
been bolted up. Nothing has escaped from
it, nothing has evaporated; no one has ever
spoken, related betrayed, revealed anything
of it. Tn;s crypt, which is like the mouth
Of a funnel turned upside down, this case
made by the hands of man, this stone box,
has kept the secret of all the blood it has
drunk, of all the shrieks it has stifed. The
frightful occurrences which have taken
and live, and eXhale all sorts of horrible
What a strange abomination is
this chamber, what a strange abomination is
this tower placed in the very middle of the
quay, without any mote or wall to separate
it from the passer-by! Inside the saws, the
boots, the wooden horses, the wheels, the
pincers, the hammers which knock in the
wedges, the kissing of flesh touched with the
'ed-hot iron, the spluttering of blood upon
he live embers, the cold heterogeneous of
he magistrates, the despairing shrieks Of the
ortured man outside, within four PAGES,
citizens coming and going, women chatter
ng, children playing, trades people selling
heir wares, vehicles rolling along boats
lpon the river, the roar of the city, air, sky,
I'm, liberty. " Victor H,4go'S Memoirs.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

covering of silk to the red slippers that
cover the red-stOckinged feet. And there
are yellow suits and green suits, and
very rich-looking costumes of black. 1t
makes the scene on the beach as brilliant
as masterpiece by Markart, and one
looks back upon the hideous, old-fash-
toned, dowdy suits Of blue flannel seen
at the other resorts with wonder at the
fortltude of the people who wear them.
1t is a risky thing to say, but it is the
verdict of great many Well-informed
persons that Narragansett Pier is the re-
sort of more beautiful women than fire.
quent any other place. One reason may
be that there are more women there than
at most Of the other seaside resorts, and
another may be that they are mainly rus
tic bellies, roseate and plump, and used
to open-air lives. But whatever the rea-
son be, and whether Or not the Pier is
more favored by beauty than other
places, it certainly is worth visit to
lovers Of feminine charms, coupled with
tasteful dressing, gentle breeding and
generally circumspect behavior.
The reader will note the saving word
"generally' circumspect behavior. This
is interjected because in one respect
Narragansett Pier is sharply criticised
by those who know it we'll 1t is in
most respects very orderly place. The
hotels are quiet and homelike, the beach
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
A KINGS HORROR OF SMOKE.
Means Adopted by Private Secretary to
Kill the Tobacco Smell.

King Ernest of Hanover, uncle of Queen
Victoria, who assembled the Hanoverian
throne on the same day that his niece be-
came Queen of England, could not endure
tobacco, and his dislike Of it was such that
his private secretary, General Won During,
who was slave to the habit, as most mill
tary men in Germany are, was put to the
most severe and laughable straits to indulge
it and yet not to offend the King.
Half-past nine was the generals hour of
morning attendance. Five minutes before
that time four servants stood in the passage
leading to the ante-room. One held an old
householder cloak with slit behind one
held a red-hot shovel with long handle like
warming-pan; one held decanter of
water and glass and a bottle containing
colored liquid, and one was there to hold the
papers and to take the pipe, which the gen.
eral smoked down the passage to the very
last moment. No. covered the old secre-
tary's shoulders with the threadbare and
stained old cloak, which had gone through
the peninsular war and which was now
buckled tight around the neck. No. poured
some incense into the hot shovel and in
serted it between the generals legs through
the slit behind. The process continued for
a minute or two and the old man was nearly
stifed, but only impregnated. Then No. 8,
from decanter in hand, poured out a glass of
water, of which the general took hearty
gulp, rinsed his mouth out and spat it out
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

animal, though secretly thinking him to
be the most tractable, suddenly found
himself thrown to the ground, his horse
running toward the woods and dragging
him along with one foot fastened to the
stirrup. He was almost unconscious
when he was rescued, but his horse
showed no signs of remorse of conscience.
He actually seemed to understand the
meaning of retaliation and pranced
along with the pride of conqueror
AMY TALBOT DUNN.
Cuba, 40.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
How the Students Beat the Master.

Although boys are often rather hard in
their treatment of each other, they certainly
always stick together when one of their
party is in trouble. There are hundreds of
instances of this, but most amusing one
occurred whilst DR.. Vaughan was head mas
evening from a dinner party when be caught
sight of one of his pupils, who was taking
walk when he ought to have been in bed.
The moment the boy saw DR.. Vaughan he
ran for his life Off started the master in
hot pursuit, and he just succeeded in Selling
his pupil by his coat-tails. After good
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
lady of great beauty and fortune, united

lady of great beauty and fortune, united
with rare mental accomplishments.
Longfellow then became the sole pos
SCISSOR of the old Vassall mansion, and
continued to live in it for the rest of his
lHe. 1t became celebrated as the poets
home, but he had to pay the penalty
of fame. Always accessible and kind
hearted, as his reputation grew from
year to year, so he became overwhelmed
with company, and with visitors who
sought him upon every pretext. Bores
of all kinds inflicted themselves upon
him; sweet poetesses, who wanted
him to get their verses into the maya
zines and secure ample pay for them;
others who plagued him to write pref
aces for their stupid books and put his
name to them, and all imaginable re-
quests beside. He was always good
natured, but firm and adroit in evading
such silly appeals.
An evening with Longfellow or
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
NARRAGANSETT PIER.
THE MOST ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE
SEASIDE RESORT.
The Ocean Piazza Crowded With Beautiful
Women While Bands Discourse Excellent
Music-Bathing the Great Sport-Vhy
the Ladies Drink-Picturesque Resorts.


Narragansett Pier is an original and
unique place. 1t is not like any other
seaside resort, either in itself, its patrons
or its customers. 1t is across Narragan-
sett Bay from Newport, not far from
Providence and Boston, and faces the
ocean just beyond where Long Island
Sound is merged into the Atlantic Were
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
THE OCEAN PIAZZA.

pulled at the rope with the desperation of
madness; then gave plunge forward,
dashed itself upon the ground and broke
its neck. Its death was instantaneous,
and its suicide actually seemed to have
been premeditated.
1t took some three weeks, all told, to
break these ponies-some to harness and
some to the saddle.
The fast young man must needs indulge
himself in the possession of one of them.
In what other way could he appear SO
dangerously fascinating to the young
girls?
Even a sober-faced clergyman yielded
to the temptation and bought pair for
his cart that he drives on the circuit
They are treacherous captives, how
ever, and no one can ever be sure that his
life is entirely safe in trusting to their
docility
A few days ago one of the gay young
men who had been riding in jockey
fashion through the streets and parading
his Importance before the eyes of envious
youths and timid maidens, making be-
aieve that his horse was very danger ,us
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
liable Manners.

Mr.. Wabash (of Chicago)-I suppose well
have good dinner at the Porcines tonight?
Mrs. Wabash-Yes, and I do hope that
you will be particular about your manners
at the table, John. Don't eat peas with a
spoon, and be careful to tuck your napkin
under your chin so as not to soil your shirt
front.-Ness J orE San.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

many struggles the boy escaped, but he left
one tan in the doctors hands. The master
made sure that he would find out the culprit
next morning by his coat, but when he en-
tered the school every boy of the sixth form
had only one tail to his coat. so the offender
escaped punishment Manchester Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06

you to sail along in
front of it you would
see a line of wooden
hotels of rather small
proportions facing a
road that winds along
a rough and turbulent
beach all litterei with
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-06
She Meant to be Sympathetic.

Kind Old Lady-And SO you are blind, my
poor man?
Poor Man-Yessum was born blind.
Kind Old Lady (shocked)-Born blind! Is
it possible How you must feel the loss of
your eyesight?-Drade's Magazine
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
CABLRGRAws.

LoSDos.-Mr. Gladstone will ad.
dress tue Liberal Radical Council on
Friday next.
DuBIIs. two more mtmbers OF the
Irish cOnstabulary resigned ysstsIday
evening as II protest against tue crimes
act.
LoNDoN.--rhe govern ment has 70.
vited the list OF lfish maeistrales
Many of the older ones will bo placed
on tho pension list aud will be 10.
paced by younger and moro active
men
IoSDos.-Constable Underwood, Of
NssP, couuiy Kildare, Ireland, has 10.
sigued ~ prot 'et aga nst tue crimts
act His departure Tor Dublin was
made the occasion Tor dSron-
stratiop.
RoME-M. Pers.co, tn tcisl mp
TeseI iatiye oi y Va icon IN Ireland,
has cent b the Pope q report OF his
Investigations In that country. H.
will return 10 Rllno Al gie beginning
{, I August
ST rsTKR nURo Tho Car and
c. uina today Witnessed tie launch.
ing Of the new iron clad A'agdss the
Second. The vetsel 10 OF s4i0 tons,
and will carry iougeen cannon aud
ten Hotchkiss gups.
RonG-rhe Pope has decided that
there IL no ground for Pspai interier.
ence with the Knights Of Labor quee-
tion. lie has conveyed the announce
mtnt Of this decision TO Cardinal
Gijbons.
FRASEPoRT la the ohese iouina.
ment yesterday Barn defeated Noa I;
Sohallog defeated Guusberg; sohiilers
defeated Harmonist; Tauhenhause dc.
i5a'sd Won scheye; WeiIn defeated
GottSchall, aud Zikertot defeated
de'zer. The game between Bergen
and Englleh was drawn.
BERLIS.-The strengthening Of the
forts Of Cologne has been completed.
IL 10 stated that the whole infantry
force will be armed with rspeaters by
October lsl. A war histofy OF the de.
paitmoni OF the grand general stlfi
has beon published. The concluding
volume ueais Of tho Danish var 10
1864
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27

MNSEAr'rs, MINI, July 26.-rhe
"Big Boston" large six story brick
building, caught hfe at 10 o'clock to
night. All the engines Ia The city
have been ta'leJ ou'. There is an-
other fro og the o'Ler s.do Of tho
nyor. The exec location Of The fire
Ia unknown, aud three orgines have
been ordered from = Paul 10 take
caro- Of this ERE. TIE water IN tho
river 10 very low and the location Of
The fires are In dang Tor biz cen.
nagration.
Lttcr-At 1880 am. ihe Ore IL mn
der control. Tho loss is iully $4,000
20 $4,000. Tao big Boston" was
occupied on the Gisg n)or by W. y.
steele 4 Co., extensive olothiors; the
3 cond and third iloors By the Flank.
lin Bizlr II is impossible 10 est.
mate their losses, which will DO very
heavy. Ths fire. on the East side was
insignificant and amounted TO Moth
tuU
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Little Rock Joins the Ranks and
Invftcs the President.

Little Rock Joins the Ranks and
Invftos the President.
ESPECIAL TO rHE ArrEAL.l
LirrLK Rock, ARK, July 26.-The
following letter which wHs forwarded
TO the President is self explanatory:
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July %. 1857.
His Excellency, Grover Cleveland, Presi-
dent Of the United States:
DRAR sIR-Being apprissd by the
press dispatches OF this morning that
you have yielded TO the urgent Rolici.
tStiors Of st. Louis, and cor sented 10
visit this section In the autumn, |
desm II proper, AZ II Is now more
hopeful, TO forward to you the enclosed
unanimous and cordial invitation
OF our City Council, In which ! most
heartily unite, TO extend your con.
templsted journey to the capital a
Arkansas. II you will 20 honor us,
| assure You, upon reference TO
our distinguished townsmen, your
worthy Attorney General, that the
Queen City Of The Crystal State" will
outdo all her former demonstrations,
and that, too, without distinction OF
party. Very respectfully yours,
WIN. q. WlIPPLE, Mayor.
The only seemingly significant lea.
ture in connection with ths ab lye is
the fact that Mayor Wh:gT'e, who
unitcs cordially In the invitation, IL a
strong Republican. II 10 thought In
case that President Cleveland accepts
and does come South, that Memphis,
Nashville aud Louisville will extend
similar invitations, thus completing
the circuit OF tie President 60 regards
the chief cl,ies Of three Of the prlncI.
pal Southern States.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
LORD CHARLES RESIGNS.
HIS BREACH OF EXQUISITE AT
SPITHRAD.
A Gross Insult to the Queen--The
London "Times" on the
Allen Act.

LoNDoN, July 26 Lord Charles
Bereslord, junior lord Of the Admiral.
ty, has resigned. He faS beea re-
quested to withdraw his re'igna,iop.
The cause for the resignation was a
minor breach Of etiquette at Spithead
during the naval review last Saturday,
when private signal made by Lord
Charles from the Royal was conv srted
into public signal. 1t is described
as follows:
While the Queen was receiving the
captains OF the feet in the saloon Of
the royal yacht Albert and Victoria,
Lord Charles Bsreeford, who was on
the yacht, t,l'ignaled to the Enchantress,
aboard which his wife was, the TO-
lowing message: "Tell Lady Charles
to 20 Immediately aboard the yscht
Lancashire Witch, where ! will j)in
her" The captain OF the Enchant-
ress, when the signal was given,
thought, OF course, that II was q spe
cial royal command, but as the mes.
sage was slowly spelled ont he became
greatly enrsged. He had, however,
TO smother his feelings, not daring to
report Lord Charles, In view OF his
position as q lord OF the admiralty.
The captain could not refrain, how.
ever, from complaining privately to
his friends, and In this way q reporter
OF the Times learned Of the incident.
The result was the publication
Of the whole story In Mondays
issue cf the Times. Lord
Charles then had no option put 10 re-
tign. The incident is believed to be
unparalleled. Ditcipliparies declare
that Lord Ohsrless' conduct was vir-
tually q gross insult TO the Queen.
The permanent officials Of the ad.
miralty office, Il is said, are delighted
over the position in which the IRE.
former Beresford" is placed by the
affair.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
XLVII--.NO. 1873
JOHN TAYLOR THE NOR NON
THE PRESIDENT OF TBELATTER-
DAY SAINTS Is NO MORE.
He Has Been Obliged 10 Hide TO
Escape Officers Of the Law
A Sketch.

SALT LAKE CRY, UTAH, July 20
1t ia announced tonight that John
Taylor, president Of the Mormon
Church, died ut sos O'Clock last even
ing. The funeral will be held at neon
on Friday next at the tSbsrDacle. The
body will lie In state in that building
from 7 to II 80 o'clock am. The pub.
Tic will be permitted to view the re-
mains. John Taylor was born in
Nilnthop, Westmorelsrd county, Eng.
land, November |, 1908. Hs joined
the Methodist Church In England,
emigrated to Canada in 1882, follow.
Ing his parents, who went two
years before; got In con-
flIct with the Methodis,s in Toronto.
and became Proeressiet Methodist
when PArlcy p. Pratt visited that city.
la 1895 Taylor and others were hap
tised in the Mormon Church by Hin
and In 1887 gathered to Kirtlsud, q.
In 1883 Joseph Smith bad the "reve-
lation," naming Taylor and others Tor
members of the quorum OF twelve
apostles 10 fll vacancies. He did
much missionary work for the church
for twenty years In the Isle Of Man,
Eoglsnd, Scotland, Ireland, France
and Wales. He was also editor
OF various church papers; VIA with
Joseph Smith In the Carthage jail,
and received four shots when the as
sailants opened fire. One bullet
lodged in hie watch. which saved his
life. He published the Book of Nor
mon in French, and issued paper In
New York City in 1854 called the
Mormon; was president Of the Twelve
Ap'etles when Brighsm Young died
In 1877. aud, as such, remained at
the head OF lhs church ii | 1880, when
he orgenlz,d the first pres dency,
anew, taking the chief place himself,
which he held till death. After the
passage OF the Eimun6s law Ct 1882
he pretended 20 give up his wives, but
constantly preacntd that no Mormon
could so THE, and nobody believed
he hal done Il. lie WAS iLdlcled
early in 1885. Ho last appeared in
public February /, 1885. sinca then
he has been in hidiug from the
officers Of the law. Taylor was one Of
the earliest and irmegt adhsrents Of
polysamy, yet, after adopting II, he
took occasion 20 deny such practice
prevailed amoug tho Mormons. Geo.
q Cannon publishes long, violent
announcement oi his death in the
Deseret News this evening, charging
his death 10 tho cruelty Of officers oil
the law in not permitting TAYLOR TO
como ont apd have his usual exer-
ciee. Cannon says Taylor "oocu.
pies the place OF double martyr, that
he has been killed by cruelty OF
officials who have In this Territory
misrepresen,ed the government Of the
United States" sgaln, Ellis blood
stains the clothes OF those men who
with insstiate hate offered rewards
for his trFes, and bounded him 10
death. History will yet call their
deeds by their right names but one
greater than the combined voices Of
y; rr'n iaus wilfyet pronounce thei1
dreadful sentence"